 Among Pučnik's closest collaborators from that period were the literary historian Taras Kermauner, sociologist Veljko Rus, and poet Veno Taufer.Pučnik believed that the system could be changed from inside and therefore joined the Communist Party of Slovenia.At the same time, he published several articles in the journal "Revija 57", in which he openly criticised the economic policies of the communist regime.