Oh, alright. I looked up Hal Draper's name on the Internet and he was quoted approvingly by several documents that are valued by authoritarian socialists. It seemed to me that Woodcock was being quoted in a way to spread disconfort about anti-democratic tendencies in anarchism. Woodcock was hardly a good source on contemporary anarchism when he wrote in the 60s and 70s. Anarchists may find concepts such as "Democracy" to be pretty useless, since most people associate it with representative democracy, but anarchists conducts their affairs in what could be described as the most "democratic" way. They strive for egalitarian meetings, frequently use consensus, and discourage the emergence of any kind of leadership. Anarchist meetings are much more open than, say, meetings run by socialist groups such as the ISO.
I guess it's how you define the word "democracy."
-- Chuck0
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