[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.
[5] His father was a communist militant[3] His mother, Solange, was a survivor of Auschwitz.
[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.