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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

With @workersobservatory.org today and listening to @bkarb.bsky.social talk about migrant workers' voting rights in Scotland.

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Another great workshop this week with food delivery riders using Workers Inquiry to build a political strategy ahead of the Scottish elections 🔭

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The Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 31/01/2026

🎯 Getting Gig Work on Scotland's Political Agenda Food delivery workers joined the Workers' Observatory workshop this week to build political momentum towards fair and safe gig work in Scotland. You can read the workers' principles and policy demands here: workersobservatory.org/documents/WO...

Edinburgh City Councillors meet food delivery workers in Workers' Observatory workshop

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New from @workersobservatory.org, who have launched a set of principles and policies to spur MSP candidates for May’s Scottish Parliament elections. At their core is a demand for fair pay and workplace safety. workersobservatory.org/news/gig-wor...

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Gig Workers' Platform sets out Manifesto Demands

Food delivery workers in Edinburgh are asking candidates in the Scottish Parliament election to advance better working conditions in the gig economy.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The @workersobservatory.org is going into a new collaboration in 2026 and I'm really looking forward to seeing what develops here. Amazing work to date via @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social-- thank you!

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Migrants Justice Edinburgh @migrantsjusticedin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Today, as we mark #InternationalMigrantsDay, we want to introduce Migrant Justice Edinburgh, a new project proving that migrants are not passive or invisible, but that through our stories, ideas, actions and decisions we can change our city for the better. @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A phenomenal team, a prescient and urgent project, and it's a privilege to be working with them through the @workersobservatory.org #InternationalMigrantsDay

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Chris Lavelle @chrisplavelle.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

@caileangallagher.bsky.social , a great issue. Keep up the good work, well done. ✊🏻

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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Building the Craigmillar & Niddrie of the Future: Migrant-Led Change in Action workersobservatory.org/building-the... @workersobservatory.org

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The Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 21/11/2025

Yes, we have been a bit missing over here for the last two months! We´ve been busy connecting with workers and migrant communities in Craigmillar and Niddrie, and we want to share with you more about this journey. ✒️Full article here: workersobservatory.org/building-the... #Craigmillar #gigwork

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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...

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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

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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...

scotsman.com

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

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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.

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"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...

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The Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 23/07/2025

"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...

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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.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"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

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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.

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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.

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Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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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Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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...

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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.

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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

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The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy

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Cailean Gallagher @caileangallagher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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.

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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

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