Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

=== New Hampshire Rebellion ===
The [[Coalition for Open Democracy|New Hampshire Rebellion]] is a walk to raise awareness about corruption in politics.<ref name="atlantic-2014">Lawrence Lessig, [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/why-were-marching-across-new-hampshire-to-honor-aaron-swartz/282962/ "Why We're Marching Across New Hampshire to Honor Aaron Swartz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331143300/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/why-were-marching-across-new-hampshire-to-honor-aaron-swartz/282962/ |date=March 31, 2017 }}, ''The Atlantic'', January 10, 2014.</ref> The event began in 2014 with a 185-mile march in New Hampshire.<ref>Jennifer Harper, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/inside-the-beltway-self-awareness-and-the-science-/?page=all "Restless grassroots: New Hampshire 'Rebellion' declares their state is not for sale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120130353/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/inside-the-beltway-self-awareness-and-the-science-/?page=all |date=January 20, 2015 }} (Inside the Beltway column), ''Washington Times'', December 25, 2014.</ref> In its second year the walk expanded to include other locations in New Hampshire.<ref>John Koziol, [http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150118/NEWS06/150119165 "NH Rebellion Marching Its Way to Concord for Reform"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119183715/http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150118/NEWS06/150119165 |date=January 19, 2015 }}, ''New Hampshire Union Leader'', January 17, 2015.</ref>

From January 11 to January 24, 2014, Lessig and many others, such as New York activist [[Jeff Kurzon]], marched from [[Dixville Notch, New Hampshire]] to Nashua (a 185-mile march) to promote the idea of tackling "the systemic corruption in Washington".<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Hampshire Rebellion Blog |url=https://www.nhrebellion.org/blog?page=12 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=NH Rebellion}}</ref> Lessig chose this language over the related term "campaign finance reform", commenting in an interview with the [[Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs|Carnegie Council]] that the term "sounds like an alcoholic as someone who has a liquid intake problem."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Money and American Politics: A Conversation with Lawrence Lessig |url=https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/gt/20141210-money-and-american-politics-a-conversation-with-lawrence-lessig |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.carnegiecouncil.org |language=en-US}}</ref> The walk was to continue the work of New Hampshire native [[Doris Haddock|Doris "Granny D" Haddock]], and in honor of deceased activist [[Aaron Swartz]].<ref name="atlantic-2014" /> The New Hampshire Rebellion marched 16 miles from Hampton to New Castle on the New Hampshire Seacoast.<ref name="vasseur">Flore Vasseur, [https://medium.com/backchannel/larry-lessigs-long-walk-b96d80d34972 "The New Hampshire Rebellion: Larry Lessig's Long Walk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119183446/https://medium.com/backchannel/larry-lessigs-long-walk-b96d80d34972 |date=January 19, 2015 }}, ''The Medium'', December 15, 2014.</ref> The initial location also was chosen because of its important and visible role in the quadrennial "New Hampshire primaries", the traditional first primary of the presidential election.<ref name="vasseur" />