Well, I'll be honest from the beginning, I think it is probably unlikely that I'll be going, but that's (partly, at least) 'cos I have other demands on my time this summer, rather than any major problem with the event.

I think this offers a real opportunity (as the website says) for a of politics to be re-injected into queeruption gatherings, so that they don't slide down the slippery slope towards just being a circuit party for queer punk nomads.

My real concern is one of security and emotional support for those who do go. I think the actions at both the Barcelona and Amsterdam gatherings (as well, potentially at the G8) were badly planned and ill-prepared for. People agreed to take part in those actions on the basis of partial information about the risk of arrest and how they should act if arrested. I'm not saying we should never organise or participate in actions where we risk arrest, but that people should be allowed to make informed choices about the level of risk they are putting themselves under (even if the cops reactions are always a little unpredictable, but you get the point).

I think Queeruption Tel Aviv will be emotionally far more draining than many of the others precisely because it will be more political and taking place in an 'abnormal' situation. Again, this is not me saying it shouldn't take place, or people should go, but that everyone (organisers, participants and those of us who are staying at home) should be prepared for that and put support networks in place to help people deal with potentially traumatic situations.

More thoughts as they come to me....