I'm speaking to you at a moment of grave crisis.

I'm Jeff Turner and this is Recall.

It's a series about history, not the ancient past, but history that's still hot to the touch.

In this first season, I explore a revolutionary political movement that brought a modern democracy to the brink.

You can find Recall how to start a revolution on the CBC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a CBC Podcast.

You see what you make us do? We have to do this.

I wasn't recruited by anybody to do this. I'm doing this at my own free will.

If anything, I was recruited by this country's crimes against humanity.

You're listening to a video recorded in June 2013.

A shaky camera drifts over four stainless steel pressure cookers.

The inside is coated with glue and rusty nails.

On a nearby desk are wire cutters, a 9 volt battery, and two analog alarm clocks with wires dangling off the sides.

You can hear them ticking.

The clip cuts to two figures sitting on a bed.

Sit on my leg going off of my tilahi with my back high to brothers and sisters.

A man sits on the right. His face and head are covered by a Palestinian-style head scarf.

He's wearing an unzipped black leather jacket.

If you never stop fighting them, they're going to take every last one of us and kill us all.

On the left is a woman shrouded in black, a necob covering her face.

Brothers and sisters of the Mujahideen, it may appear that we are losing but we are not.

A lot is on our side and a lot will always bring success to his followers.

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