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The legendary Thalia Zedek’s influence on alternative music through her groups Uzi, Live Skull and Come cannot be overstated. Additionally, a long-lost EP by another one of her projects, Via, finally saw the light of day courtesy of Dromedary Records.

This week, Zedek became the highest-profile artist yet to participate in “On Tyranny.” She talks about how she is taking action to fight the attack on democracy by Trump and corporations; how she fears for the safety of Ethiopian poet Mihret Kebede, with whom she has collaborated; and why drastic moves like foreign artists refusing to tour the United States until the country rights itself should be on the table.