@inbook{10.7591/j.ctt1287d08.7, ISBN = {9780801452871}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1287d08.7}, abstract = {In the lead-up to the national elections of April 1927, the Austrian Social Democrats splashed an “Announcement of Intellectual Vienna” on the front page of their daily newspaper, theArbeiter-Zeitung, which endorsed the socialist cause in strong terms. “The essence of Spirit [Geist] is above allFreedom, which is now endangered and we feel obligated to protect it. The struggle for a higher humanity and the battle against indolence [Trägheit] and sclerosis [Verödung] will always find us ready. Today, it also finds us prepared for battle.”¹ Given the fervor of the sentiments and the celebrity of the letter’s signatories, it}, bookauthor = {Janek Wasserman}, booktitle = {Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938}, edition = {1}, pages = {47--73}, publisher = {Cornell University Press}, title = {The Austro-Marxist Struggle for “Intellectual Workers”}, year = {2014} }