What you've done is make a mountain out of a mole hill question. What you've NOT done is answer the question forthrightly. An honest answer would not require anyone to abandon the validity of evolution theory, so why be afraid to face any connection between the two? Is this kind of obfuscation characteristic of those who represent your views?
I will answer the question. Yes. There is a connection. But don't try to play innocent. You are trying to establish a cause and effect relationship that is false. You are implying that to be a evolutionist, you have to be a communist. It is quite the opposite, and therefore unimportant to the argument.
The candor is appreciated, but you err in assuming the direction of any cause and effect relationship I see between the two. I mean, just because all communists happen to be evolutionists does not mean the treaching of evolution is responsible for bringing about communism. A conclusion like that would be like, . . . well . . . drawing a line between two similar fossils and assuming one evolved from the other.