In 1848 and 1849 it was repeatedly published in the periodical press and in leaflet form. Not later than September 10, 1848, the "Demands" was printed in Cologne as a leaflet for circulation by the Cologne Workers' Association both in the town itself and in a number of districts of Rhenish Prussia.In addition to minor stylistic changes, point 10 in the text of the leaflet was worded differently from that published in March-April 1848. At the Second Democratic Congress held in Berlin in October 1848,Friedrich Beust, delegate from the Cologne Workers'Association, spoke, on behalf of the social question commission, in favour of adopting a programme of action closely following the "Demands". In November and December 1848, various points of the "Demands"were discussed at meetings of the Cologne Workers'Association. Many editions of the "Demands"published during the revolution and after its defeat have survived to this day in their original form, some of them as copies kept in the police archives.