What the Heck is Going On In Seattle?

Emily Pothast
11 min readJun 11, 2020

People keep asking this question, so here’s some context

UPDATE: As of 6/13, the area formerly known as the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ) has been renamed “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” (CHOP).

UPDATE 6/12: I changed the title of this article to make it more family-friendly so people are less shy about sharing it with folks who need it the most.

UPDATE 6/16: I wrote a new post about what I witnessed when I visited the CHOP zone. That post is here.

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Emily Pothast

Artist and historian. PhD student researching religion, material culture, media, and politics. emilypothast.com