From 1891 to 1895 Rainis was editor in chief of "Dienas Lapa" (Daily Page). The "Dienas Lapa" scene was mostly a group of young Latvian liberal and socialist intellectuals who came to be known as the "New Current". After attending the congress of the Second International in 1893, Rainis began to emphasize socialist ideology and news of socialist events in "Dienas Lapa." He is recognized as the father of Latvian socialism. It was during this period that he met Aspazija (pseudonym of Elza Pliekšāne, born Rozenberga), another Latvian poet and playwright active in the New Current.