 During the JBTZ-trial in 1988, he was among the supporters (together with Alenka Puhar and Drago Jančar) of the first mass demonstration in the communist regime, demanding the changes.During the years 1962-90 he published memoirs, the book of poems, translated some foreign authors and co-edited the book of revolutionary songs from all over the world, titled "Stand up the Slaves".In the 1980s he defended the idea of reconciliation (among fighters united within The Liberation Front and Axis collaborators) brought up by Spomenka Hribar in her essay "Krivda in greh" (the Guilt and the Sin) dedicated to Edvard Kocbek.