Draft:Occupy Beale

Occupy Beale Air Force Base is an anti-war, environmentalist group that has been protesting drones, climate inaction , and US support for Israel at Beale Air Force Base for over ten years.

Throughout Occupy Beale's campaign at Beale AFB it has staged civil disobedience on a number of times, leading to arrests.

History
Occupy Beale was formed some time in the early 2010's as part of the Occupy Movement, and has maintained frequent protests at the Air Base since. As part of Occupy Beale's campaign against the base it has committed acts of civil disobedience by way of crossing the base's demarcation line, and blockading entrance to the base. An exact number of times that arrests have been made is unknown, but frequent Beale protester Shirley Osgood claims she's been arrested over 20 times at the base. , the most recent of which being in October of 2023

Goals
The goals of Occupy Beale were stated in a statement given in October of 2023, prior to protesters crossing the demarcation line. "We demand a cease of operations and the evacuation of all personnel and weapons and vehicles of American imperialism from Beale Air Force Base. We demand the return of the land to Indigenous stewardship. We demand that our government immediately invest the financial resources wasted on maintaining Beale Air Force Base into halting and reversing climate change. We deserve a safe and sustainable future and we refuse to sacrifice our environment for war. "