Phil Ochs, who died 50 years ago this year, released a song called Cops of the World in 1966. Suffused with Ochs’ sardonic wit, it ridiculed US imperialism and disregard for international law. It captured the zeitgeist then, and sadly is even more relevant now.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
• The G8 was a discussion forum for leaders of major industrialised nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, US), until it became the G7 in 2014, after Russia annexed Crimea. After Donald Trump’s acts against Venezuela and threats against Denmark and Greenland, is it time for a G6?
Denis Jackson
Glasgow
• In 1901, President Teddy Roosevelt said: “Speak softly and carry a big stick”. Now, Donald Trump uses a loudspeaker and bludgeons weaker nations.
Tom Stubbs
Surbiton, London
• We’ll know the west is serious about change in Venezuela when the Tony Blair Institute puts loafers on the ground.
John Richardson
South Cave, East Yorkshire
• Would British courts support the citizen’s arrest of the head of a rogue state? Just checking.
Martyn Thomas
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• I assume that Gianni Infantino will now demand the return of the Fifa peace prize?
Antony Dowd
Nottingham
• All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Sue Yeo
Chorley, Lancashire
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