Cailean Gallagher
@caileangallagher.bsky.social
History of political economy | Platform worker resistance.
Coordinating workersobservatory.org | Editing scottishleftreview.scot |
Lecturing at St Andrews University
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-school/people/management/cg257/
Coordinating workersobservatory.org | Editing scottishleftreview.scot |
Lecturing at St Andrews University
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-school/people/management/cg257/
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A new piece from @caileangallagher.bsky.social at the @workersobservatory.org 🔔
"That’s why we’re calling for this type of work to placed at the centre of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work agenda."
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
"That’s why we’re calling for this type of work to placed at the centre of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work agenda."
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Time to stop the rough ride for food delivery workers
Food delivery workers and other ‘platform’ workers are sitting in a dangerous blind spot of British employment law
www.scotsman.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A new piece from @caileangallagher.bsky.social at the @workersobservatory.org 🔔
"That’s why we’re calling for this type of work to placed at the centre of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work agenda."
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
"That’s why we’re calling for this type of work to placed at the centre of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work agenda."
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
The @workersobservatory.org will bring two key principles to our roundtable with Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government today:
1. everyone should get home safe.
2. platform work should be fair work.
I argue why these matter in today's @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
1. everyone should get home safe.
2. platform work should be fair work.
I argue why these matter in today's @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Time to stop the rough ride for food delivery workers
Food delivery workers and other ‘platform’ workers are sitting in a dangerous blind spot of British employment law
www.scotsman.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The @workersobservatory.org will bring two key principles to our roundtable with Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government today:
1. everyone should get home safe.
2. platform work should be fair work.
I argue why these matter in today's @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
1. everyone should get home safe.
2. platform work should be fair work.
I argue why these matter in today's @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
www.cambridge.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
You can now follow The Workers Observatory on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
Workers Observatory — We See The City
The Workers’ Observatory is an Edinburgh-based project run by workers to monitor new forms of work in the city and develop tools and tactics to take advantage of them
workersobservatory.org
July 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You can now follow The Workers Observatory on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
I've written about James Steuart, one of Marx's favourite economists, and his journey from drafting Jacobite manifestos to devising radical plans for state intervention.
Now on FirstView: A political economy of state intervention and public good? Cailean Gallagher uncovers the French and Jacobite origins of James Steuart’s political economy which troubled Smith and influenced French revolutionaries, Hegel, and Marx
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I've written about James Steuart, one of Marx's favourite economists, and his journey from drafting Jacobite manifestos to devising radical plans for state intervention.
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
"Marx came from eighteenth century Scotland, obviously not literally, but he drew on Adam Smith and David Hume directly" - not to mention James Steuart, who Marx said avoided Smith's simple-mindedness and understood history, and who I write about here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Marx came from eighteenth century Scotland, obviously not literally, but he drew on Adam Smith and David Hume directly" - not to mention James Steuart, who Marx said avoided Smith's simple-mindedness and understood history, and who I write about here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"Why Keir Starmer won't win his new war against food delivery cyclists" - a piece by Cailean Gallagher from @workersobservatory.org
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
Why Keir Starmer won't win his new war against food delivery cyclists
The UK Government seems to be cooking up a nasty new slogan: stop the bikes.
www.thenational.scot
July 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Why Keir Starmer won't win his new war against food delivery cyclists" - a piece by Cailean Gallagher from @workersobservatory.org
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
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"Sudden suspension or expulsion of account-holders from platforms they depend on for their income is like the wild west hire-and-fire of old, with one difference: It is automated."
www.thenational.scot/politics/25336972.keir-starmer-wont-win-deliveroo-riders/
from @caileangallagher.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/25336972.keir-starmer-wont-win-deliveroo-riders/
from @caileangallagher.bsky.social
Why Keir Starmer won't win his new war against food delivery cyclists
The UK Government seems to be cooking up a nasty new slogan: stop the bikes.
www.thenational.scot
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Sudden suspension or expulsion of account-holders from platforms they depend on for their income is like the wild west hire-and-fire of old, with one difference: It is automated."
www.thenational.scot/politics/25336972.keir-starmer-wont-win-deliveroo-riders/
from @caileangallagher.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/25336972.keir-starmer-wont-win-deliveroo-riders/
from @caileangallagher.bsky.social
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Looking forward to publication of this book on countering digital capitalism, which includes an interview with me on the @workersobservatory.bsky.social and research on Digital Worker Inquiry with @karengregory.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Looking forward to publication of this book on countering digital capitalism, which includes an interview with me on the @workersobservatory.bsky.social and research on Digital Worker Inquiry with @karengregory.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Have a read of my new article on James Steuart's Jacobite groundwork! It found some fans over on the other site, but I guess Scottish political history hasn't migrated here just yet.
July 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Have a read of my new article on James Steuart's Jacobite groundwork! It found some fans over on the other site, but I guess Scottish political history hasn't migrated here just yet.
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
It features interviews w organizers from across the tech value chain, including @alexhanna.bsky.social, @krystalkauffman.bsky.social, @katejsim.bsky.social, @caileangallagher.bsky.social & others working w/ orgs like @techworkerscoalition.org, Rideshare Drivers United, & @turkopticon.bsky.
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It features interviews w organizers from across the tech value chain, including @alexhanna.bsky.social, @krystalkauffman.bsky.social, @katejsim.bsky.social, @caileangallagher.bsky.social & others working w/ orgs like @techworkerscoalition.org, Rideshare Drivers United, & @turkopticon.bsky.
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Proofs are in! Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry will be published by @commonnotions.bsky.social this fall. It describes/theorizes/circulates experiences of research that feeds into labour organizing within & against digital capitalism.
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Proofs are in! Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry will be published by @commonnotions.bsky.social this fall. It describes/theorizes/circulates experiences of research that feeds into labour organizing within & against digital capitalism.
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
www.commonnotions.org/notes-toward...
Looking forward to publication of this book on countering digital capitalism, which includes an interview with me on the @workersobservatory.bsky.social and research on Digital Worker Inquiry with @karengregory.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Looking forward to publication of this book on countering digital capitalism, which includes an interview with me on the @workersobservatory.bsky.social and research on Digital Worker Inquiry with @karengregory.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a listen to Roots and Branches, from the Institute of Intellectual History. I'm happy to now be an Associate Director of
@standrewsiih.bsky.social whose new podcast starts with Richard Whatmore on why 18th century Scotland contains solutions to the problems of the present.
@standrewsiih.bsky.social whose new podcast starts with Richard Whatmore on why 18th century Scotland contains solutions to the problems of the present.
Join us as we uncover why history matters and how it continues to influence the present and future. www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
Roots and Branches Podcast I Why History Matters — Institute of Intellectual History
Discover how ideas shape our world with the Roots and Branches podcast from the University of St Andrews. Monthly episodes trace intellectual history from its roots to real-world impact—listen, learn ...
www.intellectualhistory.net
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Have a listen to Roots and Branches, from the Institute of Intellectual History. I'm happy to now be an Associate Director of
@standrewsiih.bsky.social whose new podcast starts with Richard Whatmore on why 18th century Scotland contains solutions to the problems of the present.
@standrewsiih.bsky.social whose new podcast starts with Richard Whatmore on why 18th century Scotland contains solutions to the problems of the present.
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
A rebel's intentions for state intervention - my article on the Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, which provoked Adam Smith, inspired Karl Marx, and stimulated radical economic thinking far beyond Scotland - bit.ly/44vNS1b
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A rebel's intentions for state intervention - my article on the Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, which provoked Adam Smith, inspired Karl Marx, and stimulated radical economic thinking far beyond Scotland - bit.ly/44vNS1b
A rebel's intentions for state intervention - my article on the Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, which provoked Adam Smith, inspired Karl Marx, and stimulated radical economic thinking far beyond Scotland - bit.ly/44vNS1b
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A rebel's intentions for state intervention - my article on the Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, which provoked Adam Smith, inspired Karl Marx, and stimulated radical economic thinking far beyond Scotland - bit.ly/44vNS1b
I've written about James Steuart, one of Marx's favourite economists, and his journey from drafting Jacobite manifestos to devising radical plans for state intervention.
Now on FirstView: A political economy of state intervention and public good? Cailean Gallagher uncovers the French and Jacobite origins of James Steuart’s political economy which troubled Smith and influenced French revolutionaries, Hegel, and Marx
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I've written about James Steuart, one of Marx's favourite economists, and his journey from drafting Jacobite manifestos to devising radical plans for state intervention.
Reposted by Cailean Gallagher
Article: The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, by Cailean Gallagher
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
July 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Article: The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, by Cailean Gallagher
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
doi.org/10.1017/S147...