Criticism of repression practised by the Argentine military regime, Paris, 1978
Lausanne History Museum
Electoral campaign poster of Swiss leftwing groups, Zurich, 1979
Museum of Design, Zurich
Boycott campaign against South Africa's apartheid regime, Delémont, 1976
Geneva Library, poster department
Publication of the Longo Maï cooperative, 1974
Swiss Social Archives, Zurich
Poster made by Peter König for Zurich Labour Party youth, aimed at criticising police violence
Lausanne History Museum
Publication of progressive youth supporting spontaneity movement, Lausanne, 1971.
Cantonal and university library, Dorigny
Support for an initiative to decriminalise abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, 1977
Lausanne History Museum
Campaign against a visit to Switzerland by United States General William Westmoreland, Carlo Berta, Ticino, 1969
Geneva Library, poster department
Evening event before May 1, Basel, 1975
Museum of Design, Zurich
Initiative against the construction of nuclear power plants, Bern, 1979
Lausanne History Museum
An exhibition in Lausanne celebrates 40 years of activism since May 1968.
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