The Rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin

I've noticed a frightening trend lately, one of history's worst tyrants, Joseph Stalin, is being rehabilitated and revived. A few years ago Stalin was regarded as pure evil even comic books and Saturday morning cartoons were portraying him as a super villain. Now suddenly Uncle Joe is back and is being portrayed as something good. Over in Russia a number of towns have errected statues to Stalin and some politicians are talking of how he got things done. Down in Mexico demonstrators at rallies for Zapatista rebel leader Subcommadante Marcos are waving posters of Stalin. My guess is the wave of Stalin nostalgia will soon reach our shows. I have to wonder is this just the ignorance of leftists on parade or is it a harbinger of a revivial of interest in Communism and all the evil that implies.