When Mere Anarchy Was Loosed Upon Seattle

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, the CHAZ, the CHOP. It had many names, but from about June 8 to July 1, protesters occupied a portion of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle Washington. A utopia to some, a nightmare to others, the CHAZ became a symbol to the left and the right. The reality on the ground, as is always the case, is far more complicated.

With us today to talk about that messy reality is Nikki West. West is a freelance journalist and former Congressional staffer who lives in Capitol Hill in Seattle. She catalogued life in the CHAZ on her Instagram.

Recorded on 8/10/20
Daily life in the CHAZ
Violence in the autonomous zone
“The worst Coachella ever”
The CHAZ’s well organized systems
Ring wing violence
Competing activist agendas
How to build a city overnight
Decolonization cafe
White Wokes
Struggle sessions
What’s a tankie?
Violence and the end
Those aren’t fireworks

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0:22.0	There was a couple incidences besides the shooting that were that were pretty scary.
0:22.8	Like, there was an incident where there was a homeless man with a machete
0:25.6	and he was wandering around and he's like yelling.
0:28.4	And basically security had like locked him into a tennis court
0:31.5	and just basically let him run it out until he just dropped it and then they let him go. You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the
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0:51.2	Here are your hosts. Hello, welcome to War College. I'm Matthew Galt. And I'm Jason Fields.
1:10.0	The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, the Chaz, the Chapp. it had many names, but from about June 8th to July 1st, protesters occupied a portion of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
1:21.0	A Utopia to some, a nightmare to others, the Chaz became a
1:24.4	symbol to the left and the right. The reality on the ground, as is always the case, is
1:29.3	far more complicated. With us today to talk about that messy reality is Nicky West.
1:34.0	West is a freelance journalist and former congressional staffer who lives in Capitol Hill in Seattle.
1:39.0	She cataloged life in the Chaz on her Instagram.
1:42.0	Nicky, thank you so much for joining us. life in the Chaz on her Instagram.
1:43.0	Nicki, thank you so much for joining us.
1:45.0	Yeah, no problem.
1:47.0	All right, so let's get the basics out of the way.
1:49.2	What was the Chaz?
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