 Before Benito Mussolini banned opposition newspapers in 1926, "Critica Sociale" was a prominent supporter of the original Italian Socialist Party (PSI), which included a spectrum of views from socialism to Marxism.Arcangelo Ghisleri founded a republican political journal called "Cuore e Critica" in the late 19th century.A former employee, Filippo Turati, succeeded Ghisleri on 15 January 1891 and renamed it "Critica Sociale".