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Witnessed one of their topless protests in paris. >> femin uses the nudity in another context, not a seductive context where were supposed to be nice and pretty and try to sell the project. now we dont sell project. we speak out loud and sell an idea. >> i am half naked but not an object. im not here for your pleasure. im here to deliver my own message. >> in august, 2012, a solo act of defiance in the ukrainian capital of kiev gets ina in very hot water. a protest dense the trial of the band pu...

Historic cathedral of notre dame in paris. >> for me, it was one of our most successful action. you need to shock people and video, they are viral. the video, and the pictures, they are everywhere now. >> for us its more important to have five cameras around than 50 people, because we know that behind each of the camera, there are a thousand million minds. >> despite the beatings and arrests, the group continues to grow all around the world. >> we dont need to recruit. at the beginning, yes. now...

Of people. people you knew. >> we are gathered here today to pay our last respects to the bush administration. >> i think the ashes action was kind of drawing a line in the sand and saying, we arent going to take it anymore. you know, we are bringing our dead to your door, and you had better start doing something to stop the dying, or, you know, you literally are going to be walking on bodies. >> shame, shame, shame, shame. >> it was the most emotionally charged thing ive ever participated in. w...

Defying authority, but creating revolutionary results, was the fact that we didnt simply get angry and shout in the streets. >> we did change the way the media talked about aids. we demanded the right to be able to live. and we fought like hell for action to happen to save our lives. coming up, a journalist puts his life in jeopardy to report from one of the most dangerous places on earth. when "caught on camera: defiance" continues. [ insects chirping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] experience new f...

>> reagan and bush did nothing at all. >> all of us who were ashes bearers, were carrying the ashes of loved ones, of people we knew well. we had grandmothers show up with the ashes from her grandson from the midwest. you know, who read in the paper, you know, that this action was going to happen, and, you know, got on a bus to bring her grandsons ashes there. >> we just made a huge wedge. we kind of locked or arms together so it would be hard to pull us apart. we just kind of, like, moved in th...

Context where were supposed to be nice and pretty and try to sell the project. now we dont sell project. we speak out loud and sell an idea. >> i am half naked but not an object. im not here for your pleasure. im here to deliver my own message. >> in august, 2012, a solo act of defiance in the ukrainian capital of kiev gets ina in very hot water. a protest dense the trial of the band pussy riot, arrested earlier that year. >> they did an action in the church. they were dancing and singing songs ...

The ashes from her grandson from the midwest. you know, who read in the paper, you know, that this action was going to happen, and, you know, got on a bus to bring her grandsons ashes there. >> we just made a human wedge. we kind of locked or arms together so it would be hard to pull us apart. we just kind of, like, moved in through the police so we created this funnel on both sides to allow people who had ashes to get through. >> i never saw cremated ashes before, but i was looking at the lawn....

>> femin uses the nudity in another context, not a seductive context where were supposed to be nice and pretty and try to sell the project. now we dont sell project. we speak out loud and sell an idea. >> i am half-naked but not an object. im not here for your pleasure. im here to deliver my own message. >> in august, 2012, a solo act of defiance in the ukrainian capital of kiev gets ina in very hot water. a protest against the trial of the russian punk rock group pussy rrested earlier that year...

Bush administration. >> i think the ashes action was kind of drawing a line in the sand and saying, we arent going to take it anymore. you know, we are bringing our dead to your door, and you had better start doing something to stop the dying, or, you know, you literally are going to be walking over our bodies. >> shame, shame, shame, shame. >> it was the most emotionally charged thing ive ever participated in. we never had a problem with showing our anger, but below that really thin layer of an...

Femin activists celebrate by scandalizing visitors at historic cathedral of notre dame in paris. >> for me, it was one of our most successful action. you need to shock people and video, they are viral. the video, and the pictures, they are everywhere now. >> for us its more important to have five cameras around than 50 people, because we know that behind each of the camera, there are a thousand million minds. >> despite the beatings and arrests, the group continues to grow all around the world. ...