 "Contre le Courant" ceased publication before the end of 1929.Magdeleine and Maurice Paz became involved in the case of the Scottsboro Boys, nine black teenagers accused of rape in Alabama in 1931 who were unable to obtain a fair trial.She was concerned that the Communists had taken over the campaign in France and refused to involve the socialists or the trade union group the "Confédération Générale du Travail", (CGT).