Camus was an editor of the most popular leftist (former French Resistance) newspaper Combat; Sartre launched his journal of leftist thought, Les Temps Modernes, and two weeks later gave the widely reported lecture on existentialism and secular humanism to a packed meeting of the Club Maintenant.
Camus merupakan seorang editor koran kiri yang paling terkenal, Combat; Sartre meluncurkan jurnal pemikiran kirinya, Les Temps Modernes, dan dua minggu kemudian membuka kuliah umum tentang eksistensialisme dan humanisme sekuler di sebuah pertemuan yang ramai di Club Maintenant.