Luis-Enrique Marquez

Luis Enrique Marquez is an antifascist activist, street-level organizer, and writer based in Portland, Oregon. From 2016 to 2020, he stood at the center of some of the most intense protest movements in modern American history — confronting police violence, organizing direct actions, and facing off with far-right extremists during the Trump era.

His memoir, Antifascist: The Portland Uprising 2016–2020, is a raw, unfiltered account of those years — what it felt like to fight back, lose allies, face betrayal, and keep going anyway. Luis doesn’t write from theory — he writes from lived experience.

He has been profiled, targeted, praised, and vilified — often in the same breath. He continues to speak out about state repression, movement-building, and the contradictions within modern activism. He believes in building a better world — not just with words, but with action.

When he’s not writing or organizing, Luis works to help others tell their stories, especially those pushed to the margins. He still believes that the truth matters — and that fighting fascism is not a phase, but a lifetime commitment.