Some in the west, and in in particular very many in the US, seem to have been brainwashed into believing that anything to do with communism is automatically bad. Troll's post above typifies this attitude. (Strangely, some of those who subscribe to it still manage to be impressed by those who stood out against the HUAC witch-hunt in the US.)

There is a world of difference between eurocommunism, which is the predominant strand of communism in Italy, and Stalinism. By most estimations Tito's regime in Yugoslavia was communist, yet it brought a period of stability to the region unprecedented in the past 200 years. And among all the warring factions in Croatia, Bi-H and Serbia in the 1990s, the one thing they all had in common ws respect for Tito.

If you have to rush to judgment on Ms Sgrena, Troll, try to judge her for herself rather than against whatever stereotypes you've filled your head with.