Dienas Lapa

It espoused progressive politics, including workers' rights and Latvian cultural autonomy.

Upon his return, Dienas Lapa shifted from a progressive political bias to promoting Marxist and Social Democratic ideas.

Dienas Lapa became a rallying point for revolutionary intellectuals in Latvia.

Both Rainis and Stučka were arrested as revolutionaries and served time in prison and forced exile in Russia.

Its influence can not be overstated because it inspired and communicated workers' strikes, uprisings against the Baltic-German land barons.