Jonathan Bernard Yoav Tasini was born on October 18,1956 and is an American political strategist, organizer, activist, commentator and writer, primarily focusing his energies on the topics of work, labor and the economy.
21 Facts About Jonathan Tasini
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However, Tasini later decided to run instead for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2010.
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Jonathan Tasini was the president of the National Writers Union from 1990 to 2003.
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Jonathan Tasini is currently president of the Economic Future Group, a national consulting group Jonathan Tasini writes frequently for a labor and economy blog, Working Life.
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Jonathan Tasini was born in Houston, Texas, though he spent much of his late childhood in Israel.
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Jonathan Tasini's father, Betsalel Jonathan Tasini, was a computer scientist who was born in Palestine and fought in the Haganah, Israel's pre-state army, and its strike force, the Palmach.
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Jonathan Tasini lived with his father and stepmother in Israel for seven years and speaks fluent Hebrew.
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Jonathan Tasini completed high school in Israel studied at Tel Aviv University.
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Jonathan Tasini earned a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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In 1993, Jonathan Tasini was the lead plaintiff in the case of New York Times Co.
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Jonathan Tasini served in a wide variety of additional author and labor advocacy positions, including as a board member of the International Federation of Journalists and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a joint industry-scientific-academic panel.
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Jonathan Tasini was the founder of the Creators Federation, which sought to unite creators groups to work in concert.
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Jonathan Tasini is a leading economics and labor writer who has analyzed economic and labor affairs for a wide variety of publications and organizations, including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, Playboy, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsday.
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Jonathan Tasini is the creator and publisher of Working Life, a central source of information, analysis and debate within organized labor and the general policy community, and one of the first blogs to devote itself entirely to work and the economy.
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Jonathan Tasini is the author of five books: The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America ; It's Not Raining, We're Being Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis ; The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves and The Looting of America ; They Get Cake, We Eat Crumbs: The Real Story Behind Today's Unfair Economy ; and The Edifice Complex: Rebuilding the American Labor Movement to Face the Global Economy.
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Jonathan Tasini wrote a paper on The Audacity of Timidity in which he is stated to be the Executive Director of the Labor Research Association.
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On December 6,2005, Jonathan Tasini officially announced his bid to challenge Senator Clinton for the Democratic nomination in the New York 2006 Senate election.
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Jonathan Tasini was endorsed by a number of prominent political activists, including Susan Sarandon, Cindy Sheehan, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Howard Zinn.
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Jonathan Tasini wrote a book called It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis in 2010, voicing his opinions about the current debt crises.
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On May 13,2010 Jonathan Tasini announced that he would now be running for Congress, hoping to win the seat held by Charles Rangel, who has been a representative of the 15th district for 17 years.
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Jonathan Tasini was endorsed by prominent actors and political activists, including Richard Dreyfuss and Armand Assante.