Jonathan Tasini for Senate

Tasini Joins Criticism of Israel Building, Calls For End to Gaza Blockade

03/17/10

New York, NY—Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in New York, Jonathan Tasini, released the following statement today concerning the Obama Administration’s criticism of Israel’s building of new homes in East Jerusalem and the continuing blockade of Gaza.

“President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were correct to criticize the astonishingly bad decision by Israel to approve the building of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem. The decision by the Israeli government is counter-productive, done in bad-faith and sends a signal that the Israeli government is not serious about reaching a comprehensive peace agreement in the Middle East—which must result in the creation of an independent, viable Palestinian state for any peace agreement to be long-lasting.

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Tasini Calls For Geithner Investigation, Gillibrand Return of Campaign Cash

03/15/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15th, 2010
Contact: 646-462-2120 or press@jonathantasini.com

New York, NY - Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in New York, Jonathan Tasini, released the following statement today, concerning the Lehman Brothers investigation and the corruption of Wall Street money.

“Today, all across the country, the AFL-CIO is sponsoring dozens of rallies in front of banks and Wall Street institutions demanding that banks and Wall Street stop fighting financial reform. The AFL-CIO is also using these rallies to push for a financial transactions tax on the financial industry—a tax that I support but my opponent opposes. I applaud these rallies.

I am calling for two things today in support of those rallies.

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Chatting With Kirsten Gillibrand’s Primary Opponent

03/04/10

New York Magazine

Harold Ford Jr. may have decided not to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand, but that doesn't mean she's running for the Democratic Senate nomination unopposed. Unbeknownst to most New Yorkers, Jonathan Tasini, a labor activist, has been in the race since June. It's his second Senate campaign — he received 17 percent of the vote in a primary against Hillary Clinton in 2006. We talked to Tasini about why he thinks he can win, why nobody else does, and why legalized marijuana is inevitable.

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In New York, an Underdog for Senate Rails Against Wall Street

02/11/10

By Sam Gustin
Daily Finance

In his quest to gain New York's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Jonathan Tasini isn't expecting much financial support from Wall Street power players. After all, he thinks many of them should be in jail.

Instead, this former reporter and labor organizer is hoping to tap into the deep well of anger toward Wall Street, two years into a financial crisis that has cost more than 250,000 New Yorkers their jobs.

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ISSUE SPOTLIGHT:

Jonathan believes that we need to link the survival of farms to everyone’s health and dietary habits. Like other parts of the economy, our farmers are being hurt by abusive corporate power.

We need to reform the farm bill so it does not promote corporate control and consolidation of our food system. Today, our farm policies reward agricultural giants—the massive commodities producers...

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