Jon Lansman
| Jonathan Lansman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 July 1957 Marylebone, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Clare College, Cambridge Birkbeck, University of London |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Movement | Momentum |
Jonathan Lansman (born 9 July 1957) is a British Labour Party activist, who worked on Jeremy Corbyn's successful 2015 campaign for the Labour party leadership, and subsequently founded the pro-Corbyn organisation Momentum. Lansman had formerly worked for both Tony Benn and Michael Meacher, and was a prominent supporter of Benn during the Wilderness Years of the Labour Party. He is currently the editor of the left-wing website Left Futures.
Lansman was brought up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Southgate, north London. He was a pupil at the independent Highgate School from 1970 to 1975. He first visited Israel when he was 16: "I worked on a kibbutz in the Negev and my aunt lived in Beersheba. It was actually a very politicising experience. When I did my bar mitzvah I saw myself as a Zionist and I think after I went there I felt it less. I was more interested in the kibbutz and what I liked about it was the pioneering spirit, the sense of community and radicalism of it."
He read for a degree in economics at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1979. Later, he attended Birkbeck, University of London reading History and Politics graduating in 2007 with a Masters. He was active in the student union while at Cambridge University and was an elected student member of the Academic Board. Lansman ran for Union President with Andrew Marr on the same slate, then nicknamed 'Red Andy', who provided campaign cartoons. Soon afterwards he became a friend of Labour's election agent in Hornsey, Jeremy Corbyn.
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