The information connected below is the start of a memorial to Marty Jezer, who passed away on June 11, 2005. Marty was a writer and political activist. In addition to his memoir Stuttering: A Life Bound Up in Words (http://www.smallpondpress.com) he was the author of biographies of Rachel Carson and Abbie Hoffman (which was made into the film "Steal This Movie") and a history, The Dark Ages: Life in the USA, 1945-1960, as well as numerous magazine articles and a weekly (Friday) newspaper column. He was a founding editor of WIN, an influential Vietnam era anti-war magazine, and a founder of a Vermont commune, which he wrote about in the book Home Comfort: Life on Total Loss Farm. Jezer was also co-founder of The Working Group on Electoral Democracy, a grassroots organization that conceived and promoted legislation for full public financing of elections. He helped draft model legislation that is now law in Maine and Vermont and which serves as the basis for the Clean Money Campaign Reform now promoted by the Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, Public Campaign. Marty lived in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he was an elected representative to Town Meeting. He is survived by his partner Arlene, and his daughter Kathryn. Among Marty's many contributions which are also mentioned below, he is honored here for his unique contributions to people who stutter and to the professionals who serve them. If others have more information or wish to add a tribute, please contact. Judy Kuster
Especially for People Who Stutter
Additional Examples of His Professional Contributions
- Jezer, Marty, The Dark Ages: Life in the U.S. 1945-1960 South End Press; 1st ed edition (October 1, 1981)
- Jezer, Marty, Abbie Hoffman: American Rebel Rutgers University Press; Reprint edition (July 1, 1993)
- Jezer, Marty, The Making of America: The Civil War Bluewood Books (September 1, 2001)
- Jezer, Marty, Rachel Carson (Women of Achievement) Chelsea House Publications (September 1, 1988)
- Jezer, Marty, Soft money, hard choices: a primer on campaign finance reform. (includes related articles on campaign contributions:): An article from: Dollars and Sense [HTML] - an e-Book, (Digital - July 1, 1996)
- Jezer, Marty, The best democracy money can buy: why incremental reform is not the solution. (Campaign Finance): An article from: Sojourners [HTML] - an e-Book, (July 1, 2004)
- Jezer, Marty, Fifty years of nonviolent resistance: The story of radical pacifism in the United States from the conscientious objectors of World War I to the present (Peace calendar) War Resisters League (1973)
- Jezer, Marty, Who Lost Vermont
- At The Stutterers' Convention - a copy of Marty's weekly newspaper column for Friday, July 13th, 2001.
- Many of Marty's NEWSPAPER COLUMNS can still be found in the Wayback Machine archive.
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Webweaver Judy Kuster
created June 13, 2005
Last modified July 16, 2007