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My
name is Luis Enrique Marquez and for the last year and a half I have
been engaged in fighting fascist and fascist-friendly organizers
here in the Portland Oregon area. During this time, the right has
slandered me and threatened not only me, my family and friends but
many other community members too. One of Joey’s followers, Jeremy
Christian, killed two on the Trimet Max train and severely injured a
third. They lie as a way to silence my voice, to silence all of us
who come out to oppose them. They have threatened my family and put
my child’s information online. They have sent me pictures of my home
and children in order to silence me- they have even attempted to
burn my house down on St Patrick’s day 2018. They have held a
“anti-Luis” rally in front of City Hall, as well as flyered my
neighborhood with flyers slandering me a child molester. As result,
I am filing a lawsuit against Joey Gibson founder of Patriot Prayer
as well as Leo Stratton, a freelance journalist and video blogger,
whose articles and videos have incited numerous threats on my life.
My crime? Wanting to live in a country without racism and
homophobia, to live in a country where all are treated equally,
where all are educated, where we all have health care and where
immigrants receive a fighting chance. I am scared. I have received
so many threats that I rarely travel outside of my neighborhood
alone; I do feel an imminent threat on my life. I am fearful of
white people that I do not know as I never know where the attack
will come from. It’s an awful way to live. Complete strangers
(because of these two men's untrue statements about me) have called
me vile things in the streets. But I am confident we can win
together. Showing up in the streets is good, but what else can you
do? Please, donate to my legal support fund. I will need it in the
short term and then the lawsuit itself should start to hurt their
organizing. We can stop them with this suit. It will be a big win
for all of us. It’ll hurt them financially so they will not be able
to travel all over terrorizing other communities and they will have
trouble recruiting. We’ve already slowed them down, but making it
expensive and not fun to show up in the streets will help crush
them. Taking their money will stop them from being able to hurt
others. When I win I plan on starting funds for comrades and people
in the movement. Funds will help immigrants find lawyers and peace,
help with operations for Trans folk, and to help other victims of
Right Wing Extremist violence.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. With Love
and Solidarity. <3
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