Occupy Wall Street Coming to Spartanburg

The movement decrying the growing gap between the rich and the poor , and this Thursday, it will come to Spartanburg.

Fox Carolina, among other media outlets, is reporting that a permit has been filed with the Spartanburg Police Department to hold a rally at Morgan Square downtown. The permit indicates that the protest will be held between 8 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday.

Protesters are mainly gathered to demonstrate outrage over the growing disparity in wealth from the nation's richest one percent and everyone else. Others are taking the opportunity to speak out on an array of issues including the environment, military occupation, student loans, the mortgage crisis, and rising unemployment.

The growth of the movement has been fueled using social media websites like Twitter and Facebook with the main demonstration in New York identifying itself on Twitter as #OccupyWallStreet.  In effort to mobilize the movement across the country and globally, websites like OccupyTogether.org have sprung up to provide information on local gatherings

About 50 people are expected to participate in the Spartanburg Rally.