Maurice Najman

Maurice Najman (1948–1999) was a French political journalist during the late 1960s.^[1][2] He had a leftist political stance and mainly worked for Libération and Le Monde diplomatique.^[3] He was one of the leading figures of the youth movement of 1968 and cofounded a leftist organization, Comités d’Action Lycéens (CAL), targeting high school students in 1967.^[3]

Biography

Najman was born in Paris in 1948.^[4] His parents were of Polish-Jewish origin.^[5] His father was a communist militant^[3] His mother, Solange, was a survivor of Auschwitz.^[4] Her mother was Rosa Luxemburg’s cousin.^[4]

Najman was a member of the Revolutionary Marxist Alliance (AMR), a Trotskyist organization, in the 1970s.^[3] He contributed to Libération, Le Monde diplomatique and L’Autre journal in which he published articles on international politics.^[4] He died in Paris on 4 February 1999.^[5]