response: No, communism is of a political or economic ideology predicated on common ownership of means of production.
original_response: No, communism is more of a philosophical, social, political and economic ideaology.  Some communists have been in government though.
history: my father was a member of the communist party The Communist Party USA or another country? The Communist Party USA or another country ,Not sure unless you tell me where  they practice communism I don't know the other countries, but Communist Party USA was involved in the labor movement. I see, who was or is the father of communism? I can't recall his name but Communists played critical roles in early struggles with unions. So is communism a system of government ?
knowledge: In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin '''', ''common, universal'') is the philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.