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On Tyranny: Moonspell Vocalist Says Colonialism Caused Gaza Crisis but That Democracy Can Be Restored After Fascist Rule

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , on 10/25/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

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Join The Bad Penny and Fernando Ribeiro, frontman for the best metal band to ever hail from Portugal – the indomitable Moonspell – for this very special edition of our ongoing On Tyranny series. The gracious and extremely well-informed vocalist teaches us about the political groups that rallied back and forth for control of the country, with democracy ultimately casting 50 years of fascist rule to the winds and embracing democracy in the 1970s.

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