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]