Edited sentence: The communist forces fought to gain independence for Malaya from the British Empire and to establish a socialist economy, and the Commonwealth forces fought to protect the profits of British corporations which were used to pay for Britain's post-war reforms and debt to the USA.The conflict was called the "Anti-British National Liberation War" by the MNLA, but an "Emergency" by the British for insurance purposes, as London-based insurers would not have paid out in instances of civil wars