Rallying with the left wing of international social democracy during the early stages of World War I, Rakovsky later indicated that he had been purposely informed of the controversial pro-war stance taken by the Social Democratic Party of Germany by the pro-Entente Romanian Foreign Minister Emanoil Porumbaru. With staff of the Menshevik paper "Nashe Slovo" (edited by Leon Trotsky), he was among the most prominent socialist pacifists of the period. Reflecting his ideological priorities, "România Muncitoare"'s title was changed into "Jos Răsboiul!" ("Down with war!")—it was later to be known as "Lupta Zilnică" (the "Daily combat").