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...

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...

New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

You can now follow The Workers Observatory on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/work... And see more here: workersobservatory.org

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.

"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...

"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...

"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

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 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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

Article: The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy, by Cailean Gallagher doi.org/10.1017/S147...