Vol. 11 – 2004

Eleanor Roosevelt in Liverpool  A dramatic personal account of an fascinating episode in Anglo-American relations

Towards an Alternative American Dream – Dr Rob MacDonald of the Centre for Architecture, Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University, has written this extensive review article on two recent and contrasting books on American Architecture.

Letter From New York: Discovering America in Queens – by Lenny Quart. In this evocative article, Lenny shows how the borough of Queens has changed over the last 40 years to become a microcosm of the ethnic diversity of the United States

The legality of the United States intervention in Afghanistan – Sulman Hassan, graduate in law from Liverpool John Moores University, assesses the validity of the US contention that the Article 51 ‘right to self-defence’ is applicable in response to the September 11 atrocities in the light of the modern rules of International law.

Letter From New York: The Weathermen revisited – Our regular correspondent from New York, Lenny Quart, is prompted by the release of a new documentary film on the Weathermen to look back to the heady days of student radicalism in New York

Remembering the C’s In Presidential Elections – In a presidential election year, retired high School teacher Edward T. Weeden looks back on the 2000 election and considers what lessons it holds for the forthcoming election

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