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OAKLAND, Calif., Apr. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a summary of news sources who are willing to discuss issues related to peace movements and anti-war protests. Each of these organizations issued news releases on the AScribe newswire. This summary of sources is provided by AScribe as a service for the media.

David Fox / University of Minnesota

Fox, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, had no idea the impact he would make when he first drafted an anti-war petition in early December. Fox just wanted to share his views in a local newspaper, but soon his efforts grew into a movement. His letter ran in the newspaper, but it was signed by 230 U of M faculty members. Then other schools joined in. Fox's anti-war petition has been signed by more than 32,000 people from universities all over the nation. "Invasion of Iraq is wrong," Fox says. Contact Fox at (o) 612-624-6361. Alternate contact: Patty Mattern, UM News Service, 612-624-2801.

Harry C. Boyte / University of Minnesota

Boyte, senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs and co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, can discuss nonviolence and peace movements. He can also discuss the nation's capacity to act effectively to secure a more peaceful world, from a "civic" and "populist" perspective. Contact Boyte at (o) 612-625-5509. Alternate contact: Patty Mattern, UM News Service, 612-624-2801.

Roland L. Guyotte / University of Minnesota, Morris

Guyotte, professor of history, specializes in the history of peace movements and anti-war protests. He can offer insight on free speech and civil liberties during wartime. Contact Guyotte at (o) 320-589-6185. Alternate contact: Paul Moore, UM News Service, 612-624-0214.

Howard Brick / Washington University, Saint Louis

Brick, professor of history, is an expert on 20th-century U.S. intellectual, cultural, social and political history. He teaches a course on "Modern America Since 1929," which explores key turns in the development of American society, including various waves of social reform and disruptive protest since the 1930s. Other interests include the history of social theory and the history of labor, socialist and radical movements. Brick said that mass marches are a key part of the antiwar movement as they were in the Vietnam era. "But the quick ramp-up now to massive protests . . . is striking," he said. "The fact that an international movement mobilizing millions can directly address a political issue intended to affect political decision-making is a remarkable phenomena and is something we haven't seen before." Contact Brick at (o) 314-935-4251; hbrick@artsci.wustl.edu.

James Hudnut-Beumler / Vanderbilt University

Hudnut-Beumler, dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School and professor of American religious history, can provide a historical context for the current peace movements triggered by the potential war with Iraq. He says such movements do change government policy, but only in conjunction with other events that help policy makers revaluate earlier opinions about a selected course of action. In his book, "Looking for God in the Suburbs," he discussed the Vietnam protests and the Civil Rights movement. Contact Hudnut-Beumler at (o) 615-322-2776; james.hudnut-beumler@vanderbilt.edu. Alternate contact: Vanderbilt News Service, 615-322-2706.

Lisa Materson / University of California, Davis

Materson, a women's history scholar, can talk about the pivotal role American women have played in protesting wars from the 1830s through the Vietnam War era. She can talk about the origins of the largest peace organization, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, as well as give the history of the Women's Peace Party and the Vietnam-era Women Strike for Peace. Contact Materson at (o) 530-752-9991; lgmaterson@ucdavis.edu.

Cecelia Lynch / University of California, Irvine

Lynch can offer understanding of how today's peace movements may influence foreign policy. An associate professor in the School of Social Sciences, she teaches international relations and culture, religion and world politics, social movements and civil society. Her first book, "Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics," examines the role of peace movements and their influence in creating the United Nations. Contact: Lynch at 949-824-2745; clynch@uci.edu; or Lori Brandt, media relations office, at 949-824-5484.

Barbara Epstein / University of California, Santa Cruz

Epstein, professor of history of consciousness, is a scholar of social movements from temperance to nonviolent direct action. She is available to discuss antiwar organizing in the United States and elsewhere. A veteran of the Free Speech Movement, Epstein teaches courses on theories of social movements and the history of social movements in the U.S. Contact Epstein at (o) 831-459-2441; bepstein@nature.berkeley.edu.

Jeremi Suri / University of Wisconsin, Madison

Suri's recently-published book, "Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente," addresses the differences and similarities between the major protest movements of the 60s and the comparative lack of protests on current issues such as civil liberties and Iraq. Suri, assistant professor of history, specializes in diplomatic and military history. Contact Suri at 608-263-1852; suri@facstaff.wisc.edu.

James Hudnut-Beumler / Vanderbilt University

Hudnut-Beumler, dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School and professor of American religious history, can provided a historical context for the current peace movements triggered by the potential war with Iraq. He says such movements do change government policy, but only in conjunction with other events that help policy makers recalculate earlier opinions about a selected course of action. In his book "Looking for God in the Suburbs," he discussed the Vietnam protests and the Civil Rights movement. Contact Hudnut-Beumler at (o) 615-322-2776; james.hudnut-beumler@vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt News Service, 615-322-2706.

Jay Mechling / University of California, Davis

Mechling, American studies professor, can talk about how the opinions of mainstream religious leaders are being omitted from the national debate about going to war. Although Washington leaders have invoked religious rhetoric, such as the term "evil," to talk about the war, they seem to be skirting public protest by the Catholics, Methodists and other religious denominations, Mechling says. In particular, the Catholic Church has a list of conditions for a just war that aren't being addressed. Contact Mechling at (o) 530-752-1983, jemechling@ucdavis.edu.

Rachel Einwohner / Purdue University

Einwohner, a sociology professor, is an expert in protests and social movements can talk about the effectiveness of antiwar protests and how the Internet plays a role in mobilization. She says an increase in the number of antiwar protests can be expected as the threat of war moves closer. "Americans can't vote on whether they want war," she says. "Protesting war is some Americans' way to communicate to Congress their feelings about going to war." Contact Einwohner at 765-494-4696; einwohnerr@soc.purdue.edu.

Michael Smith / University of California, Davis

The growing peace movement promises to be more sophisticated than any of the past because it has learned from mistakes committed during the Vietnam and Gulf wars, says Smith, professor of American studies. Peace movements have changed from simply avoiding organized violence to seeking a more nuanced discussion in the public arena about alternatives to war. Contact Smith at (o) 530-752-7196 or 530-752-3377; mlsmith@ucdavis.edu

Joseph Elder / University of Wisconsin, Madison

Elder, professor of sociology and South Asian studies, is a Quaker leader and was a well-known anti-war activist during the Vietnam War. Contact him at 608-262-2782 or 608-262-2921; elder@ssc.wisc.edu.

J. Patout Burns / Vanderbilt University

Burns, Malloy Professor of Catholic Studies, edited "War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in Abrahamic Traditions." He can provided background on the restrictions Christianity and Islam impose on the use of force in warfare. He can also provided information on the pacifist Christian tradition and the quietist Islamic tradition, each of which asserts that their adherents do not have the authority to undertake warfare. Contact Burns at (o) 615-322-2776; james.p.burns@vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt News Service, 615-322-2706.

John Lofland / University of California, Davis

Lofland, professor emeritus of sociology, can offer historical context to the current peace protests, whose participants he says are more diverse in ethnicity and age than in previous decades. He can also talk about how the Web and e-mail have greatly changed the communication dynamics for peace groups. An expert in social movements, Lofland wrote "Polite Protesters: The American Peace Movement of the 1980s." Contact: Lofland at (h) 530-758-5258; jflofland@ucdavis.edu. (Lofland is available for radio and print interviews only).