''Cuore'': human resistance weekly was a satirical insert provided with the more serious, Italian Communist paper ''

l'Unità ''l'Unità'' (, lit. 'the Unity') was an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the ...

''.

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''Cuore'' was first published on 16 January 1989 issue of ''

L'Unità ''l'Unità'' (, lit. 'the Unity') was an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the ...

'', three months after its predecessor ''

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'', another satirical insert edited by

Sergio Staino Sergio Staino (born 8 June 1940) is an Italian comics author, satirist and film director. Biography Staino was born at Piancastagnaio, in the province of Siena. After graduating in architecture, he moved to Scandicci. His comics debut was with B ...

, disappeared. Its founders were

Michele Serra Michele Serra (born 10 July 1954) is an Italian writer, journalist, and satirist. Biography Serra was born in Rome, but moved to Milan in 1959. In 1975 he started working for ''L'Unità'', then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Par ...

, who remained an editor until June 1994 and had earlier been a sports and culture reporter for ''

'', the managing editor of the culture pages, Andrea Aloi, and journalist Piergiorgio Paterlini. They also had the old managing editor of ''L'Unità'', Sergio Banali. Among the many contributors were

Vauro Vauro Senesi (born 24 March 1955) is an Italian journalist and satirical cartoonist. Vauro was born in Pistoia. He was Pino Zac's apprentice, and, together with Giancarlo Fusco, Cinzia Leone and others, in September 1978 they founded ''Il ...

, Vincino, Altan, Ellekappa, Roberto Perini, Disegni and Caviglia,

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, Stefano Benni, Domenico Starnone, Gino and Michele, Enzo Costa, Majid Valcarenghi,

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Fabio Fazio Fabio Fazio (; born 30 November 1964) is an Italian television presenter. After debuting in 1982, he presented many TV programs, including ''Quelli che... il Calcio'', ''Vieni via con me'' and ''Quello che (non) ho''. Since 2003, he presents the ...

, and Patrizio Roversi. The graphic design was curated by Mauro Luccarini and

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. The last edition of ''Cuore'' to appear in ''L'Unità'' was number 104, 21 January 1991. Soon thereafter, around the same time as the Italian Communist Party was dissolved, ''Cuore'' became an independent weekly on 4 February 1991, and to everyone's surprise, began to sell 140,000 copies a week. The magazine was closed down in 1997. The magazine's parties became an important meeting place for the Left, these were usually held in July, at an estate in

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.Lazzi e risate di ''Cuore''
(Jokes and laughs in ''Cuore'') It would remain so until the eleventh

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