Re: A Conversation with Norman Finkelstein
On May 15, 2007, at 1:35 AM, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
When Professor Dershowitz got wind of the manuscript, he embarked on a huge campaign to suppress publication of the book.
A campaign that included writing a letter denouncing NF to every
member of the New Press’s board. The letter opened by saying that
Dersh was a big first amendment guy, so he didn’t want to supress the
book - he just wanted to inform the board what scumbag this
Finkelstein fellow was. Scared by this, the New Press delayed
publication, so Norman submitted the book to UCal Press (whose
history editor was formerly at Verso). Dersh tried to get
Schwarzenegger to stop publication of the book, but Cal was not to be
intimidated.
Doug