No. Ancoms aren't necessarily Marxists. Socialism predates Marx, and there were/are many leftists who disagree with Marx's ideas.

No, the USSR wasn't communist. The party in control called themselves communists. They were a socialist vanguard republic with the stated intention of eventually implementing communism, which never occurred. Marxist-Leninists believe that the state will wither away once the conditions are right for communism.…