eater era tht LIAI ee TNL LY AA A AN Political Economy important reading for every socialist « for SOCIALISTS the~ best book bargain offered for many years is the celebrated Soviet textbook on Political Economy just published by Lawrence and Wishart and obtainable at the People’s Co- op Bookstore, 337 West. Pen- der Street ($3.75). The translation from the second ‘ (revised) Soviet edi- tion. There were quite a number of sharp controversies during the time this textbook was being prepared. Stalin’s last work, Economic Problems of Socialism ‘in the USSR, was written as a ‘contribution to those controversies. The first half of the book ‘ ERGEI Youtkevich’s Othello opens at the Dunbar Thea- . ter here this coming Wednes- day, October 16. For film or Shakespearean fans, nothing more need be said: they’ll be there! But so should every other thoughful person! Produced in 1956 in Sov- color, Othello won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival that year: best color and best fiction presentation. The pres- ent version has English dia- logue dubbed in by distin- New director of the Van- couver Festival Society, Peter Bennett (above), ar- rives in the city this month. For the past three years he has been managing director of the Stratford Festival. deals with primitive commu- nism, slave society and feudal society, and the evolution of capitalism up to its imperial- ist stage. : The second half, “The Socialist Mode of Production,” deals with the Russian Revo- lution, the building of social- ism in the Soviet Union, how the socialist society now achieved works, and its per- spectives. The problems of the build- ing of socialism -in the People’s Democracies. and: in Ghina are then. sketched. The truly formidable ap- pearance of the book and its length, 858 pages, should not deter anyone. , _ Soviet film version of Othello comes to city guished English Shakespearean performers, The music score is by Aram Khatchaturian. Youtkevich has approached the tragedy not primarily as one of love and jealousy but orie of misplaced trust. He has; moreover, developed :the ma- terial in a rich and daring fashion, unequivocally trans- forming the play into cinema- tie terms; placing much of the action out-of-doors in Shake- speare’s “Seaport in Cypress,” Despite the stifling atmos- phere of intrigue vital to the dramatic fibre of the play —_ something’ the stage can ex- ploit particularly well — this cinematic treatment is so apt, So brilliant, that it is only pos- sible to say that Shakespeare never had it so good! ~ Youtkevich tias added a new and thoughtful dimension to this well-loved play~— and has made a decisive contribu- tion to the art of filmed Shakespeare. Sergei Bondarchuk (who will be remembered as Shev- chenko in Taras Shevchenko) gives a majestic and moving visualization of the tragic Moor, always intimately re- sponsive to the director’s in- tentions. , Andrei . Popov (as the treacherous Iago) is a chilling contrast. to Othello’s nobility of character. Other gifted performances include Irina Skobtseva (Desdemona) and A. Maximova (Emilia).~ : —N., E, STORY On the whole} it is very simply. written: The terms used are carefully ‘explained, and a summary “at the end ‘of each chapter helps the reader to remember the es- sentials of what he has read. Different readers and teach- ers will have their individual preferences for different parts of the book, ~ . i The first part of the ‘book, which ‘is clear and comprehen- sive exposition of - Marxist political economy, will un- doubtedly bé appreciated widely. 2 Many students confine their knowledge of ‘Marxism to the first volue of Capital or popu- lar expositions of. it,. yet the second and third volumes are necessary ‘to a complete ap- preciation of Marx’s profound analysis. Why Marxism-Leninsm? The textbook makes clear what new. developments were made by Lenin and Stalin. ap $e es The second part of the book, however, is the one which should prove of most. interest both to newcomers and-to ad- vanced students, for it deals with the political economy of socialism, \ Since the Soviet Union be- came the second greatest in- dustrial country in the world, a new genération has come forward in Communist parties everywhere, and the vast problems that had to be over- come in industrializing an economically backward and predominantly peasant coun- try are not. remembered nor recognized. Soviet history will be better understood if the meaning of this tremendous period is properly grasped. The book then passes on to the political economy of a socialist society. It explains what ‘the eco- nomic laws of socfalism are, how. they are advanced to Communism ~and what the’ _ next steps the Soviet Union must\ take, The authors are somewhat reluctant to admit that there has been any improvement in ' living standards in” the capi- talist world in the - postwar period, and that some of their characterization of Capitalist economists should have been supported by more evidence. But the book remains a most notable piece of work, and deserves a really mass circulation. © Your choice of 16 books. = FREE PREMIUM to subscribers ; t You can ob‘ain this free premium if you are already a subscriber by subscribing at ear) rates ($2.25 for six months, $4.00 for one vine for six months or longer or, if you are already 2 subse) n by extending your subscription by another Six mor or longer. 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