''Il Caffè'' (Italian, 'The Coffeehouse') was an

anti-Fascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were op ...

Italian magazine which was published for a short period between 1924 and 1925 in Milan during the Fascist rule in Italy. Its title was a reference to an

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publication with the same name, ''

Il Caffè ''Il Caffè'' (Italian, 'The Coffeehouse') was magazine headquartered in Milan between 1764 and 1766. It was the most significant publication of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment period in the country. History and profile ''Il Caffè'' wa ...

'', which was also based in Milan and founded and edited by Alessandro and

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from 1764 and 1766.

History and profile

The first issue of ''Il Caffè'' appeared on 1 July 1924. The magazine was inspired from another anti-Fascist magazine, '' La Rivoluzione Liberale'', which was published and edited by

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. ''Il Caffè'' was started as a biweekly publication, but from December 1924 its frequency was switched to weekly. The founder and editor of the magazine which was based in Milan was

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. Its sponsors were a group of intellectuals who were adhered to the principles of the democratic sovereignty and

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of the government. Ettore Margadonna and

Ferruccio Parri Ferruccio Parri (; 19 January 1890 – 8 December 1981) was an Italian partisan and anti-fascist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Italy, and the first to be appointed after the end of World War II. During the war, he was also ...

were two leading contributors of ''Il Caffè''. Due to its anti-Fascist stance the magazine was continuously subject to the censorship of the Fascist authorities and was folded in May 1925.

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