As world leaders gather in Washington this week for the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings (April 13–18) to discuss debt and economies, a global coalition of 130+ organisations has a clear message for them: the system is failing ordinary people and it needs to change now. While people in Iran, Lebanon, and across the region are being killed, while families struggle to heat their homes and put food on the table, fossil fuel companies and arms corporations are posting record profits. . This is a system working exactly as designed: for them, not for us. From Bangladesh to Brazil, Zimbabwe to Japan, we are all watching the same thing unfold and and letting our representatives know through an open letter: enough is enough. We stand unwavering in our demands In just one month of war, over $100 billion was extracted from ordinary people through soaring energy prices. That same money could have powered 150 million homes with renewable energy. Instead, it padded the wallets of fossil fuel executives and weapons manufacturers. The letter calls for four urgent actions: a complete and permanent end to the war windfall taxes on the corporations cashing in on the crisis investment in food security and homegrown renewable energy and cancellation of the crushing debt that leaves Global South countries with nothing left to protect their own people. Ceasefires are not enough. Temporary pauses don’t rebuild homes, bring back the dead, or lower energy bills. The war must end and those who profited from it must be made to pay. Learn more here. Why this moment matters This represents a genuinely global movement. From trade unions to climate groups, from faith organizations to youth activists — the breadth of voices shows this is not a fringe position. It is the growing consensus of people worldwide who are tired of paying the price for a crisis they didn’t cause. The connection between war, fossil fuels, debt, and inequality is not abstract. It shows up in your energy bill. In the price of bread. In the public services disappearing around you. What you can do right now Simple: share this letter. Post it on Facebook. Send it on WhatsApp. Put it on Bluesky. The more people who see these demands, the harder they become for governments to ignore. Every share builds the pressure. This war is their business. Our pain. Our movement. Share now and help make these demands impossible to ignore. Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Share on Bluesky The post They Profit, We Pay. It’s Time to Fix It. appeared first on 350.