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What is the National Endowment for Democracy and how does it promote regime change around the world?
KENNY COYLE takes a look at the NED, its staff and its shady mission to promote US foreign policy interests

MANY activists involved in international solidarity campaigns will be familiar with the name of the US regime change organisation the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
But where did it come from and how does it work?
The NED is the overt, traceable and trackable agency for US-backed regime change.
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