DOCUMENTING ACTIVISM TARGETING COMPANIES: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT SWISS SOCIAL ARCHIVES AND PROTEST ARCHIVES

Abstract

The Swiss Social Archives (Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv) and the Contestataires Archives are two complementary institutions that capture the diversity of activist actions in Switzerland and document their international ramifications. The objectives of these archives, their general content, and some particularly rich collections illustrating the links between companies and activists are presented in the following pages.