Sri Lanka, May 1 -- The solidarities we form with May Day need to go beyond our narrow interests

As we pass this May Day, we are witnessing a disintegrating global order. Over seventy developing countries are in debt distress and several of them have defaulted on their debt. A broken international financial system is escalating economic crises. Climate shocks are undermining the food system. Food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise.

Over the past many months, we have seen the world fall apart in Palestine. While the horrors of the bombings and deaths in Gaza shake us, the solidarity expressed from different parts of the world is a glimmer of hope. The protests in universities in the US, the belly of the beast that unconditionall...