MAVERICK MEDIA — From Politics to the Parnormal

2024 CATALOGUE

Coming later this year… 

Managing Chaos on Planet Pacifica is about alternative media, and also about the pitfalls of holding on to democracy when a culture is polarized, trust is eroded, and governance is flawed. 

Does this sound familiar?

Mixing a compelling personal story with key moments in Pacifica Radio’s rich history and the challenges of practicing democracy, it’s the saga of America’s original listener-supported network — and a fast-moving cautionary tale. 

“The deeper I looked the more convoluted and intractable the problems appeared: Charges and counter-charges of secrecy, waste, racism, sexism, harassment and violence, turf battles over local fiefdoms, manipulation, and alleged fraud. A fratricidal war with no end in sight.”

— from Chapter 1

Praise from early Pacifica community readers…

Greg Guma's journalistic eye precisely captures the essence of contemporary Pacifica as it struggles with its own contradictions and the proliferation of competing media alternatives to re-establish a relevancy and significance. — Terry Goodman

… he is the first executive in Pacifica who has been willing, and able, to share his experiences. — Nalini Lasiewicz

While serving on the Pacifica Radio National Board I not only developed a real respect for Greg Guma and his leadership of the network and Foundation as executive director, but I worked in a faction of the Board at that time which tried to consolidate more responsibilities in that office. — Don White

Excerpt: Mergers and Mind Games

From Media Consolidation to Digital Indoctrination

Released in 2023

Also by Greg Guma (1970-2023)

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Fiction

Spirits of Desire

Inquisitions (and Other Un-American Activities) — audio drama

Dons of Time

Non-fiction

The People’s Republic:

Vermont and the Sanders Revolution

Restless Spirits & Popular Movements:

 A Vermont History

Progressive Eclipse: 

Bernie, Burlington and the Movement That Changed Vermont*

Bread & Puppet: 

Stories of Struggle and Faith (editor, photo book)

Into the Mystic: 

From Spiritualism to Theosophy in the Gilded Age

Uneasy Empire: 

Repression, Globalization, and What We Can Do

Big Lies: 

Warping Reality and Undermining Democracy*

Prisoners of the Real: 

World Disorder, Rational Management, and Dionysian Leadership

Passport to Freedom: 

A Guide for World Citizens (with Garry Davis)

Fake News: 

Journalism in the Age of Deceptions

Planet Pacifica: 

Progressive Media’s Fragile Democracy

*digital only

Film

If It Makes You Want to Learn (1970)

Journey Home: Accompaniment in Guatemala (script & narration)

Fragile Paradise (2021)

In Development: Woman of Another World