Seasons of Freethought is a special project I've been working on for some time. It collects the Freethought publications of G.W. Foote and put them back into print in one affordable collection. But instead of just writing another sales pitch, I thought I'd share with you the new Introduction to this collected volume by yours truly.



INTRODUCTIONTRISTAN VICK

Sentenced and confined to a year in prison for the victimless crime of blasphemy, George William Foote did not let this little setback dissuade him from speaking out against the cruelties and absurdities of religion. In fact, having a year of his life taken away for the “offense” of blaspheming against the Christian God only made him more entrenched in his cause to dole out just criticism of religious injustice, hypocrisy, and cruelty all the while fighting for the noble causes of the freedom of speech, and of freedom of thought and expression.Publisher of the skeptical and freethought magazine the Freethinker, begun in 1881 and which is still published to this day,