 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1954, nokukurumidza pashure porufu rwaStalin, Sartre akashanyira Soviet Union, iyo akataura kuti akawana rusununguko rwakakwana rwokuzvidza apo akanga achishurikidza United States nokuda kwokunyura muprefascism. Sartre akanyora nezvevanyori veSoviet vakadzingwa muSoviet Writers Union vakanga vachine mukana wokuzvivandudza nokunyora mabhuku ari nani. Mashoko aSartre pamusoro pechimurenga cheHungary cha1956zvinomirira zvikuru mirangariro yake inowanzopokanidzana uye inochinja. Kune rumwe rutivi, Sartre akaona muHungary kubatanidzwazve kwechokwadi pakati pevanyanzvi navashandi chete kuti arishoropodze nokuda kwokurasikirwa nenheyo dzezvemagariro evanhu. Akashora kupinda kweSoviet muHungary muna November 1956. 