I would absolutely agree if several publishers were colluding to make it so an author couldn&#x27;t publish. That is what happened during mccarthyism.<p>However in this specific case we&#x27;re talking about one publisher not agreeing to publish. There&#x27;s no presented information to assume collusion between publishers or some larger game at play to suppress this book or the author.<p>I absolutely think that private organisations can effectively ban something without government intervention. I just don&#x27;t think that happened here.