L'Unità is a Italian newspaper, published by the party of the Democrats of the Left. Democrats of the Left (properly Leftish Democrats) (Italian: Democratici di Sinistra) is the main Italian left-wing political party, part of the Ulivo electorial coalition. ...

Founded by Antonio Gramsci in 1924, it was originally the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). The newspaper ceased to be published for one year, from 2000 to 2001, because of economic troubles. Antonio Gramsci Antonio Gramsci (January 23, 1891 _ April 27, 1937) was an Italian writer (ethnic Albanian by his father) and a politician, a leader and theorist of Socialism, Communism and anti-Fascism. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Fourth Estate The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921 at Livorno. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The current editor-in-chief is Antonio Padellaro. Past editors-in-chief include Pietro Ingrao, Massimo D'Alema, Walter Veltroni and Furio Colombo. Massimo DAlema Massimo DAlema (born 20 April 1949 in Roma) is the son of Giuseppe DAlema (an esteemed communist politician), is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra. ... Walter Veltroni (Rome, 1955) is a Italian politician and lead member of the Democrats of the Left party. ...

On February 2005 it has been sold 62,000 copies of the newspaper, on average. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...