They're actually in some ways acting in harmony with them,

他们是平和地活动着
and as a matter of fact

事实上
some people who were in these non-importation associations probably were

有些反进口组织的成员很可能
in the colonial legislatures too.

在殖民地立法机关工作
So we're not talking about opposing efforts.

我们讲的不是对立的工作
We're talking about sort of parallel efforts that sometimes intersect.

我们讲的是平行有时甚至相交的工作
So as organizations linking the will of the people

既然组织把人们的意愿
with politicized action,

与政治性的活动连接起来
these associations are pretty significant because-

这些组织是相当重要的因为...
I'm sure you can see now just based on my description of them-

我相信根据我的描述你们可以感受到
they're really promoting broad, popular, organized,

它们宣扬广泛参与有组织的
coordinated politicized action.

协调性的政治性活动